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PATENTED MAR. 1'7, 1903 No. 722,983.v

A. HOFFMANN.

GARMENT FORM. APPLIoATIoN FILED SEPT. 19, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLF HOFFMANN, OF CONSTANCE, GERMANY.

GARMENT-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,983, dated March17, 1903. Application led September 19, 1902. Serial No. 1724.063. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLE HOFFMANN, a subject of the Grand Duke ofBaden, residing at 4 Schulstrasse, Constance, in the Grand Duchy OfBaden and Empire of Germany,baveinvented new and useful Improvements inGarment-Forms, Of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to forms designed for fitting On articles ofwearing-apparel.

A form constructed according to my said invention is substantiallycomposed of an envelop form ed by winding a pasted strip of paper aroundthe human bodyand an elastic hollow body which is placed in said envelopand inflated, so as to bear at all points against the envelop andprevent the same from collapsing when clothes aretted On.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown how the invention may beconveniently carried into eiect.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the form held in a stand orsupport. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the iniated hollow body.

After the envelop a has been constructed by winding a pasted strip ofpaper around the body of which a mold is to be taken it is cut open toenable it to be removed from the body and then pasted together again. Ahollow body b, consisting of rubber or like elastic material, is thenplaced inthe envelop a and inflated until it bears everywhere againstthe same, so that the form thus constituted will have the exact shape ofthe body to be clothed. At its upper part the elastic hollow body b isfurnished with an air-cock c, to

which the rubber tube connecting it with an air-pump is attached. Theinflation having been eected, the air-cock is closed, whereupon a collard is adjusted to the width of the neck, for which purpose it has slitsin its .ends through which extends a bolt with a thumb-nut c. Thiscollar is, moreover, provided with lateral strips f, arranged to slidethereon and to be adapted to the upper parts of the' shoulders. By meansof a'second bolt and thumb-nut g the collar d is secured to the upperadjustable part of a stand or support and to an adjustable seat of thesame, which serves for the reception of the lower part of the form, asindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The device is then ready for use.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination O f anenvelop made from a pasted strip of paper and an inflatable body,substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of an envelopmade from a strip of paper, an iniiatable body, and an adjustablecollar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLF` HOFFMANN.

Witnesses:

JACOB PLEIOEHARDT, ANTON AUERBAOH.

